The Desperate Housewives star - who is the only woman to top the Maxim Hot 100 list twice in a row - posed for a new photoshoot with the magazine, while also opening up about her home life in an interview.

"One thing people are usually surprised about when they get to know me is how domestic I am," she said.

"So when you see the sexy Maxim cover and then you put it against me in an apron with flour in my hair, it takes a moment to reconcile that image."